Unslaved
A philosophical novel about modern captivity and the difficult recovery of agency.
At the centre of Unslaved is Maya — an architect whose life begins to fracture under the weight of exhaustion and a growing sense that the world around her is not merely broken, but inverted.
What first appears as burnout slowly reveals itself as something deeper: grief for a life of meaning that could not become inside systems built on obedience, abstraction, and control.
As Maya moves through work, institutions, artificial intelligence, political ideology, money, family rupture, and existential fragmentation, she begins to see that her collapse is not private weakness. It is a symptom of a civilisation that has severed human beings from agency, consequence, value, consent, and reality.
Unslaved begins in fundamental disorientation.
It opens a passage toward becoming human again.
Collector's Edition
The original release is limited to 1,000 hardcover copies.
Each copy is signed, numbered, and embossed, and comes with a tote bag and collector's card.
€49
A standard hardcover edition will follow in late 2026.
Publication Details
Title: Unslaved
Author: Philippe Wuyts
Publisher: Aletheia Editions
Format: Collector's Edition Hardcover, 244 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1-918439-01-4
Publication year: 2026